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Christopher Mainey
Experienced NHS data scientist with interests in predictive modelling, machine learning, text mining, and teaching
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My work focuses on modelling National Health Service (NHS) data, primarily using national Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). I work primarily in R and SQL Server, and have experience with statistical modelling and machine learning methods. I completed my PhD at UCL, on modelling NHS incident reporting data using using quantitative models and text mining methods.
I advise and train NHS teams and the private sector on using data to manage hospitals, monitor quality, performance, and mortality. I am an experienced trainer, presenter and post-graduate teacher. I have built and released several R packages and am a keen contributor to the NHS-R Community. I lead a local R usergroup, and run a programme of R training courses for HED.
Key skills
Education
University College London (UCL)
PhD applied Statistics and Machine Learning
London, UK
2019 (submitted)
Thesis: Statistical Methods for NHS incident reporting data
University of Birmingham
PGCert. Public Health
Birmingham, UK
2014
MPH programme, left partially unfinished due to commencing PhD, finished as PGCert instead.
CIPD / City College Coventry
CIPD Certificate in Training Practice
Coventry, UK
2009
University of Manchester
BSc Microbiology with Industrial Experience
Birmingham, UK
2006
Thesis: A model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Cystic Fibrosis lung. Placement: One-year with Arch Biocides
Experience
Senior Statistical Intelligence Analyst
Healthcare Evaluation Data (HED), Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT
Birmingham, UK
2020 - Present
- Managing and delivering senior analyst functions in HED (see below)
- Natural Language processing projects including mapping text to ontologies for PIONEER project
- Managing informatics training function, including strategy and delivery, and commercial R training courses
- Line management and project leadership in data science applications
Intelligence Analyst
Healthcare Evaluation Data (HED), Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT
Birmingham, UK
2012 - 2019
- Statistical lead and senior analyst, focused on building predictive models in
Rand SAS, indicator design, SQL database infrastructure and processes, as well as quality assurance. - Building online national benchmarking analysis tools: www.hed.nhs.uk.
- Highly involved in customer support, training and translating between analysts, business teams and users.
- Line management and team work planning, using Agile methods.
- Run local
Rusergroup, contributing to national NHS-Community, and established a commercialRtraining programme.
Data Manager (AIR Study)
Clinical Immunology (sub-contracted from UHB), University of Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
2012 - 2016
- Data extraction and outcome linkage for trial participants, from UHB attendance and clinical data systems.
Informatics Analyst
Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT
Birmingham, UK
2011 - 2012
- Producing monthly reporting outputs for UHB clinical and performance management functions
- Specialist analysis, dashboard building, and information development for HIV service.
Cancer Informatics Analyst
Arden Cancer Network
Coventry, UK
2010 - 2011
- Informatics support for network service improvement projects.
- Constructed cancer waiting times reporting system and various automated templates.
Information Officer
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit (WMCIU)
Birmingham, UK
2009 - 2010
- Producing statistics for information requests.
- Investigative analysis, e.g. difference from nationally published figures and research data.
- Supervising/validating work of junior analysts.
Teaching and Assessment Experience
Use of Evidence
First year UCL medical school course on study design and statistics. Led a tutorial group over the course and delivered lectures to full course group.
London, UK
2016 - 2018
Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
Teaching assistant on MSc Data Science for Health, UCL Farr Institute/LSHTM
London, UK
2016 - 2017
Understanding the NHS
Assessing first year medical student assignments on NHS structure, history, and current/future challenges.
London, UK
2016 - 2017
Research dissertations
Second assessor on MSc Mental Health dissertations for students with quantitative studies.
London, UK
2016 - 2017
Selected Publications, Posters & Talks
Driving R adoption in an NHS information service: barriers and solutions
Talk at Enterprise Applications of the R Language (EARL) conference
London, UK
2019
Mainey C
Using funnel plots and CUSUM techniques to monitor hospital-standardised mortality
Talk at Royal Statistical Society Conference
Belfast, UK
2019
Mainey C
Modelling Incident Reporting in the NHS
Poster for Royal Statistical Society Conference
Cardiff, UK
2018
Mainey C, Freemantle N
Can we build statistical models of incident reporting in the NHS?
Poster for Patient Safety Congress Conference
Manchester, UK
2017
Mainey C
Brief Report: Immunization of HIV-Infected Adults in the UK With Haemophilus influenzae b/Meningococcal C Glycoconjugate and Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccines
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Nov 1;73(3):287-293.
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2016
MacLennan C, Richter A, Hodson J, Faustini S, Birtwistle J, Whitelegg A, Chigiga J, Singo M, Walker-Haywood J, Mulugeta B, Masuka S, Mainey C, Plant T, Drayson M; Manavi K